Let’s look at five overlooked payers yielding 5.6%-11% at prices any penny-pincher would love. Take Comcast (CMCSA, 5.6% ...

This is where that word “generational” comes in. BlackRock, the world’s biggest investment firm, with $15 trillion in assets ...

Can you hear me now, income investors? Verizon (VZ) wants to know. It’s been a roller-coaster October for the telecom. Given its always-high yield, I know our dividend fans are often considering ...

Income investors are attracted to low-beta stocks like moths to a flame. Low beta has a reputation for being low drama, but is it really? Technically, beta measures how closely a stock moves with the ...

Social Security recipient? You’re set to receive a 3.6% raise in January. How about your dividend portfolio? Well, it depends on your positions! So let’s talk about the stocks and funds that will give ...

A chance to grab our favorite high yielders—closed-end funds (CEFs) paying 10% and more—on an early “year-end” sale. How cheap are we talking here? How about 90 cents on the dollar? In some cases less ...

The market has served us up a tidy opportunity on a closed-end fund (CEF) yielding an eye-popping 13.1%. What’s more, this fund is oversold, at a 12.1% discount to net asset value (NAV). Before I name ...

Getting antsy about the midterms? Wondering whether oil will ever come back down? Afraid the AI bubble is going to pop, blowing a dotcom-sized hole into your retirement portfolio? I’m not. Because ...

We love it when a stock “pays us back” in dividends. The faster, the better! Most people don’t get this luxury. They’re stuck “grinding it out” with the S&P 500’s 1% payers. Not us. We’re hunting for ...

Yeah, we’re here for the dividends. But isn’t it nice when we buy a stock and it goes up, like, right away? And it happens for us. We are contrarians! We buy payers when they are out of favor because ...

For a while, utilities were that sneaky play on AI. A picks-and-shovels provider, if you will. Here’s why: AI usage is booming. What does AI use? It uses energy. AI is a notable energy hog, so the ...

There are hundreds of closed-end funds (CEFs) out there, and almost all of them have an investor they’re perfect for. I say “almost” because there are a few that are, in my view, not appropriate for ...